Grand River RestorationPublic Meetings to be ScheduledFulton StreetGrand Rapids Progress1913Grand Rapids Master Plan UpdateProposed Barrier “Before the river was changed by the work of man, the rapids had a nearly uniform descent for about a mile… sufficient to give a decided turbulent and wild appearance to the waters, and to make a noise that broke the stillness of the forest and echoed from the neighboring hills.” --Charles A Whittemore, Kent Scientific Institute of Grand Rapids, 1895